Word: stall
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...Despite the much-ballyhooed February agreement among North Korea, four of its neighbors and the U.S. that would have Pyongyang dismantle its nuclear weapons program, thus far there has been very little progress towards meeting that goal. And watching North Korea successfully stall may reinforce the bravado of the Iranian leadership...
...Tigers' bloody insurgency has forced the government to the negotiating table more than once. But there things usually stall, in part because a real settlement would require the Tigers, and in particular longtime leader Prabhakaran, to concede that the group is not the sole representative of the Tamil people. Free elections in Sri Lanka's Tamil region would likely bring moderate Tamil parties to power, threatening the L.T.T.E.'s influence. There is no doubt Prabhakaran is a prophetlike figure for many Tamils, but his power stems as much from his cold-blooded elimination of political rivals and moderate Tamil leaders...
...been listening to a lot of Allston issues and helping us out with a lot of decisions.” Bok said that his main goal had been “to keep the momentum going” so that the project wouldn’t stall during his year-long tenure. LOW-PROFILE PRESIDENTThough many students might not see Bok at House study breaks, the interim president said he hopes that he can leave a more lasting mark on students’ lives.“I’m a transient figure,” he said...
...crisis, east was where the sun rose and west was where the sun set," says Soares. "Now, differences between these two groups, which I never even knew about growing up, have been politicized." In late April, Soares' home was burned down by mobs, as was his mother's vegetable stall. Today, he lives in a camp for 2,825 internally displaced refugees near Dili's waterfront, sharing a small tent and one bed with six others who must sleep in shifts. His mother's source of income destroyed, he can no longer afford university. "My dreams have died," Soares says...
...chief negotiator told reporters before the talks that the return of the abductees was his "main objective," it was clear the meetings were unlikely to go anywhere. Normally the blame for failure would fall squarely on North Korea's negotiators, who never met a summit they couldn't stall. But this time Pyongyang may have a point. If North Korea really is telling the truth - admittedly, an unusual occurrence - and there are no surviving abductees, there may be little that Pyongyang can do to satisfy Tokyo's demands...